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The Safety Operations and Intelligent Control of Water Network Engineering Systems

edited by

Yantao Zhu

Rui Pang

and

Binghan Xue

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7821 | Submission Open

Keywords: water network safety; intelligent control systems; risk assessment; IoT and AI integration; infrastructure reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Sustainable Water Resources Management in a Changing Environment

edited by

Sergio Cappucci

, Emiliana Valentini and

Andrea Petroselli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2300 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatics; GIS and remote sensing applications; water and landscape management; the management of natural resources (soil; water; sediment) from dams; channels and river banks; water– climate interactions; earth surface processes; coastal erosion and river drainage networks; landslides and flooding; natural hazards; wetland reclamation; “ Ecologically sustainable” water and wastewater treatment and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Sustainable Research on Water Quality Monitoring and Nutrient Pollution Control

edited by

Yang Song

, Yi Hong and

Chunqi Shen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2085 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; eutrophication; harmful algal blooms; hypoxia; environmental DNA; digital twin; IoT and remote sensing; machine learning and AI; biogeochemical modeling; ecosystem restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Soil Water Use and Irrigation Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Roman Rolbiecki

Stanisław Rolbiecki

and

Barbara Jagosz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 623 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; crop water requirements; soil hydraulic properties; sustainable development of rural areas; soil fertility; drip irrigation; soil and water relationship; evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; irrigation and drainage systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Innovative Approaches in Hydrology Applied to the Study of River and Lakes Systems

edited by

Paweł Burandt

and

Szymon Kobus

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative hydrological methods; river and lakes systems; water quality; physicochemical properties of bottom sediments; remote sensing in hydrology; numerical modeling; hydrological monitoring; water resource management; monitoring techniques; sedimentation processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Research in Aquifers

edited by

Alex Sendros

Albert Casas Ponsati

and

Carlos Duque

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; groundwater modeling; natural tracers; isotopes; heat transport; coastal aquifers; saltwater intrusion; groundwater– surface water interaction; hydrogeophysics; managed aquifer recharge; aquifer vulnerability; groundwater resources; hydrogeochemistry; contamination; groundwater quality: field experiments; lab experiments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Environment Modeling, Simulation, Informatics, and Big Data Mining

edited by

Yulin Kang

, Baiyin Liu and Yan Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: water environment; environmental monitoring; environmental informatization; environmental big data mining; environmental modeling; environmental simulation; AI application; environmental data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Earth Observation for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management

edited by

Grazia Tosi

and

Alessandra Vinci

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; water demand; precision agriculture; remote sensing; machine learning; sustainable water management; soil-plant-atmosphere interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

New Challenges in PFAS Removal from Contaminated Water

edited by

Chuhui Zhang

, Yue Zhi and

Philippe Le Coustumer

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: PFAS; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; treatment; destructive technologies; adsorption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Advances in Microbial Technology for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

and

Bárbara Muñoz Palazón

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; circular economy; contaminants of emerging concern; environmental microbiology; environmental protection; wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Research on Watershed Ecological Restoration and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Lingwei Kong

, Cheng Shen and

Xiaoyue Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed ecological restoration; water pollution control; novel materials; emerging contaminants; greenhouse gas emissions; sustainability; ecological engineering; resource recovery; intelligent watershed management systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Research on Emerging Pollutants in Aquatic Systems

edited by

Víctor Matamoros

and Monica Escolà

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; pharmaceuticals; PFAS; microplastics; nature-based solutions; water treatment; ecotoxicology; risk assessment; environmental monitoring; pollutant fate and transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Impact of Climate Changes on Humid and Arid Geomorphic Systems

edited by Marco Piccarreta,

Mario Bentivenga

and

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: impacts of climate changes; hillslope systems; fluvial systems; arid and semi-arid geomorphic systems; coastal systems; karst systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaosheng Qin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation; climate change; downscaling; compound events; hydrological impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Innovative Approaches to Mine Water Management: Monitoring, Remediation, and Prevention

edited by

Xiujuan Feng

and Baogang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine water; water treatment; environment monitoring; soil remediation; health risk assessment; envirommental fuctional materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Reimagining Sustainable Resource Recovery in Wastewater Treatment Processes

edited by

Aušra Mažeikienė

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; treatment; sustainable; resource recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Marine and Coastal Algae: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, and Ecosystem Conservation

edited by

Antonella Bottalico

and

Antonella Petrocelli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ecosystems; ecosystem conservation; environmental DNA; habitat degradation; invasive species; long-term monitoring; macroalgae; macroalgal blooms; marine biodiversity; marine protected areas; metabarcoding; non-indigenous species; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

Hydroclimatic Changes in the Cold Regions

edited by Alexander Shiklomanov, Vladimir Alexeev and Hotaek Park

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open

Keywords: Arctic climate change; permafrost changes and feedback; snow and permafrost hydrology; ecohydrology of cold regions; hydrological processes in cold regions; river biogeochemistry in cold regions; Arctic water cycle; hydroclimatology of cold regions; hydrological modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

The Soil–Water–Microbiome Nexus: Integrating Microbial Functions for Agricultural Sustainability

edited by Arnab Majumdar,

Debojyoti Moulick

and Tarit Roychowdhury

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome; water management; agroecosystem sustainability; microbial inoculants; nutrient cycling; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Pathways to Carbon Neutrality in Water Systems: The Role of LCA, Ecological Engineering, and Pollution Control

edited by

Shoubing Wang

and

Yonghong Bi

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; ecological engineering; carbon neutrality; low-carbon fishery; photovoltaic fishery; water pollution control; life cycle assessment; low-carbon wastewater treatment facility; wetland ecosystem service; water– energy– carbon nexus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Advances of Multiphase Flow in Hydraulic and Marine Engineering

edited by Wei Liu,

Ling Zhou

and

Yuquan Zhang

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; CFD modeling; air– water flow; cavitation; sediment transport; wave– structure interaction; subsea oil– gas– water flow; hydraulic structures; marine engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Governance of the Marine Ecological Environment and High-Quality Blue Development

edited by

Shuhong Wang

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecological governance; high-quality blue development; sustainable blue economy; marine ecosystem restoration; marine pollution control; blue carbon; marine policy and management; climate change and oceans; integrated coastal zone management; green maritime industries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Application of Biosensors in Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Monitoring

edited by

Jisui Tan

and Xu Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; biosensor; emerging contaminants; portable device

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Groundwater Dynamics and Modeling

edited by

Jacek Gurwin

and Krzysztof Dragon

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical groundwater modeling; regional groundwater systems; groundwater resources; water balance; recharge estimations; transport modelling; advanced monitoring systems; groundwater protection; mining hydrogeology; groundwater exploitation/pumping tests; geoinformatics tools in numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Perspectives on the Water–Energy–Food Nexus

edited by Qiong Yue,

Guohua He

, Mengyang Wu and

Xinchun Cao

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3139 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– energy– food nexus; integrated management; cross-sectoral policy; climate resilience; cascading risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources

edited by

Min-Cheng Tu

Hong-Yuan Huo

and

James Deemy

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; hydrology; satellite; drone; surface water; groundwater; cryosphere; flood; drought; rainfall-runoff; water quality; irrigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Water Quality Studies: Assessing the Presence of Nutrients and Pollutants, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sara Lehmann-Konera

and Joanna Potapowicz

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: transboundary pollutants; persistent compounds; bioaccumulative chemicals; toxic contaminants; trace elements; major ions; organic compounds; catchment; freshwater; runoff and discharge; climate change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Advances in Rural and Agricultural Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Bassim Abbassi

and

Chris Kinsley

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: decentralized wastewater; onsite wastewater; biological treatment; physicochemical treatment; nutrient removal; agri-cultural wastewater; agricultural runoff

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

The Sources, Biological Factors and Migration Mechanisms of Metals and Metalloids in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Lía Celina Méndez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: trace elements; pollution; metal bioavailability; health risk; climate change; marine currents; mineral deposits ecotoxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Development and Application of Global Hydrological Models

edited by Wei Qi,

Pan Yang

Yanhu He

and Tianyuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: global hydrological models (GHMs); flood risk; terrestrial water cycle; large-scale hydrology; water resources assessment; climate change impacts; human– water interactions; earth system modeling; hydrological extremes; global water scarcity; model development and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydrothermal Biomass Processing for Energy and Water Recovery

edited by Yong Wei Tiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); hydrothermal carbonization (HTC); wet biomass conversion; bio-oil and hydrochar production; aqueous phase valorisation; reactor design and process optimization; water and nutrient recovery; techno-economic analysis (TEA); life-cycle assessment (LCA); circular bioeconomy; waste-to-energy and waste-to-resource

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)

Research Status of Operation and Management of Hydropower Station, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dong Liu

and Yanhe Xu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional hydropower stations; cascade hydropower stations; pumped storage power stations; nonlinear modelling; combined operation; optimal control; multienergy systems; stability analysis; new power systems; performance evaluation; fault diagnosis; trend prediction and early warning; renewable energy; artificial intelligence; optimization algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation

edited by Dat Q Tran

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4484 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigated agriculture; cropping patterns; irrigation technologies; managed aquifer recharge (MAR); re-claimed/treated water; water– energy– food nexus; transboundary conflict and cooperation; water institutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Biofilm Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Asma Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm-based processes; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; waste valorisation; circular bioeconomy; fungal and algal biofilms; biofilm reactor design and scale-up; biofilm modelling and control; extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); environmental biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Aquaculture Tailwater Treatment: Theoretical Foundations and Applied Techniques

edited by

Dapeng Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1099 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture effluent; tailwater treatment technology; aquatic environmental protection; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; waste resource utilization; environmental microbiology; intelligent equipment; sustainable aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Water and Education: Teaching Sustainability, Managing Risks, and Shaping the Future

edited by

Álvaro-Francisco Morote

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change and water; water resources and landscapes; end-purposes of water teaching; flood risk management; water conservation strategies; hydrological cycle education; community engagement in water sustainability; resilient water governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Innovations in Integrated Surface and Groundwater Model Development and Socio-Environmental Applications

edited by Nigel W. T. Quinn

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: decision support; model integration; artificial intelligence/machine learning; water resources; water quality; socio-environmental applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Freshwater Fish Conservation and Management: Current Status and Future Prospects

edited by

Zeb Hogan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater fish conservation; inland fishery management; migratory fishes; riverine ecosystem health; freshwater biodiversity; endangered species; anthropogenic threats to freshwater fishes; innovative monitoring methods and conservation solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

Water Quality Engineering and Wastewater Treatment, 4th Edition

edited by

Yung-Tse Hung

Tsuyoshi Imai

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman

Issam A. Al-Khatib

and

Qaisar Mahmood

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1718 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater technology; onsite wastewater treatment; natural wastewater treatment system; biological treatment; physicochemical treatment; tertiary treatment; water quality; sludge treatment and disposal; energy-efficient wastewater treatment; water reuse; resource recovery; municipal wastewater; industrial wastewater; nutrient removal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Resilient Rivers: Integrating Nature-Based Solutions with Hydraulic Engineering

edited by

Su-Chin Chen

and

Kao-Hua Chang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1633 | Submission Open

Keywords: Nature-based Solutions (NbS); hydraulic engineering; eco-hydraulics; river resilience; flood mitigation; sediment transport; erosion control; green infrastructure; river restoration; hydrodynamic modeling; climate adaptation; water quality; ecosystem services; sustainable river management; river rewilding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)

Current Strategies to Remediate Emerging Environmental Toxicants

edited by

Bhim Sen Thapa

and

Soumya Pandit

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; water chemistry; forever chemicals; electrochemical systems; emerging toxicants; PFAS; defluorination; microbial degradation; electrochemical remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Water Reuse and Land Management: Strategies, Policies, and Integrated Land-Use Approaches

edited by

Sonja Bauer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: water reuse; land management; integrated land-use planning; sustainable agriculture; urban water applications; water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

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